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Spice Mobiles has just announced the launch of an all new slim flip phone – the Spice S-5330. Spice has incorporated into the device an Indian calendar that should help Indian users keep touch with their Indian roots and religion. The phone also comes packed with exciting features like an MP3 player, FM recording, 3D style display menu, 2 GB expandable memory, mobile tracker and GPRS. The Hindu calendar, being launched in Spice S-5330 will give users a sneak peek at upcoming festivals, tithi details, lunar positions, weekly and monthly information et al as per the traditional Hindu calendar. That’s not all, using the Hindu calendar feature users can also send festival/ tithi information to others via SMS. The phone's MP3 feature has a shuffle, repeat option and music equalizer with 8 EQ presets. There’s also an FM Alarm option for the radio. Some of the other features include an SMS Scheduler, Black and White list Number setting, Panic Button and Contacts Backup. The phone also com...

Another Android device to-be has begun making waves according to reports. The handset is manufactured by a company called General Mobiles (General Motors affiliated???) that seems to specialize in Dual SIM handsets. The handset called the DSTL 1 is a classy looking touchscreen handset. Other than just Dual SIM technology it’s also equipped with a Linux 2.6 Kernel, hence the Android assumption. Nothing has been made official yet so we’ll have to wait and see. The DSTL 1 also features– * a 3-inch touchscreen with a 240 x 400 pixel, 260K color resolution (WQVGA) * Wi-Fi, EDGE and GPRS support * 4GB of internal memory with external support form microSD cards (up to 8GB) * Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR * Media player with DivX playback support, FM radio * 5 megapixel AF camera with flash * MS document reader * Java support This will be the first Dual SIM Android powered handset of course and it’s possible it’ll be showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Feb this year.